Last night on PBS, there was a docmentary

on Muhammad Ali, formerly Cassius Clay, that was very interesting, though it brought back a bunch of bad memories. I think he is undoubtably the best boxer EVER, which is saying a lot, but he was much more than that. It's hard to explain, if you weren't a draft age man/boy during that time as the govt waged a stupid, bloody war in Viet Nam, (like Iraq, but much worse), with nearly 60,000 Americans killed and hundreds of thousands wounded, and NOTHING gained, other than to divide a nation. It was then I decided I couldn't stand Republicans, and not much has changed. Ali was one of many who was drafted, but he had the courage to tell 'em to go to hell, 'I got nothin' against them Viet Cong'. Like I said, the show brought back LOTS of bad memories, as I remember the times when the govt was in the 'transportation' business. To Viet Nam if you lost your deferment and to prison if you got caught with pot. Tough time to 'come of age'. (Pic of one of the Kent State students shot dead for protesting war, if you're too young to remember.)

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